[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 177 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H9035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS PEOPLE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST FROM 
                            GETTING A WEAPON

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, since 9/11, 750,000 refugees have been 
resettled and welcomed into the United States of America. Not one of 
them has ever appeared on a terrorist watch list or been accused of 
terrorism. Yet, Republicans say that for homeland security, we should 
keep these refugees from Syria out of our country.
  About 40,000 people in the United States of America are on the 
terrorist watch list right now and they are not allowed to get on an 
airplane. But they are allowed to go into any gun store and buy any 
weapon that they would like, a weapon that looks like this, for 
example. This is a picture of a Smith & Wesson .223-caliber assault 
rifle. This is the kind of weapon that the suspects fired in San 
Bernardino. Sixty-five to 75 rifle rounds were sent, and people are 
dead.
  That was the 355th mass shooting in our country just this year. We 
need to pass legislation that prohibits people on the terrorist watch 
list from getting a weapon, and we should do it now. Prayers and 
thoughts are not enough.

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